Bob Cratchit

Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit
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Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim as depicted in the 1870s by Fred Barnard
First appearance A Christmas Carol 1843
Created by Charles Dickens
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Gender Male
Occupation Clerk
Spouse(s) Mrs. Cratchit
Children Martha, Belinda, Peter, an unnamed son, an unnamed daughter , Tiny Tim

Robert "Bob" Cratchit is a fictional character who is the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol. The character has come to symbolize poor working conditions, especially long working hours.[1]

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Synopsis

In the story, Cratchit is first seen at work, where he copies letters by hand in an underheated "dismal little cell", "a sort of tank". He is repeatedly described as "little" and clothes himself in a tattered white comforter, since he cannot afford a coat. Cratchit is treated poorly by Scrooge and given a weekly salary of "but fifteen bob",[2] insufficient to feed his family a proper Christmas dinner. Nevertheless, he remains loyal to his employer, even in face of the protestations of his wife.

Scrooge invisibly visits Cratchit and his family in their small Camden Town home on Christmas Day as well as on a future Christmas. He is accompanied on these visits by the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, respectively. It is partly through concern for the plight of Cratchit's youngest son, the frail and crippled Tiny Tim, that Scrooge makes the transformation from miser to philanthropist, offering Cratchit a raise and "discussion of his affairs".

Children

Six Cratchit children are mentioned in the original story, four of whom are named:

  • Martha, the eldest daughter, who works as an apprentice at a milliner's
  • Belinda, the second daughter
  • Peter, the heir, for whom his father is arranging employment at the weekly rate of Five shillings and sixpence
  • An unnamed younger son, named Matthew in some adaptions
  • An unnamed younger daughter
  • Tiny Tim, the invalid youngest son

Actors who portrayed Bob Cratchit

The role of Bob Cratchit has been performed (live action, voiced or animated) by, among others:

References

  1. ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841001,00.html "Wall Street: Bob Cratchit Hours." Time. August 18, 1967.
  2. ^ about £63/US$102 in 2010 money using the consumer price index

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